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4DS MEMORY LIMITED Investor Presentation 2013

Nov 12, 2013

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FITZROY RESOURCES

Proposed acquisition of hard coking coal assets

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Low entry cost Right commodity

Low capex, near term production

Right location

Right people

Future growth

Market Capitalisation ~ A$5 million

Pure exposure to any future Coking Coal price recovery

Permitted, hillside access with nearby third party processing facilities

Within heart of historic US coal production, with required infrastructure and services nearby

Experienced management team and strong labour force

Central location from which to acquire further coking coal properties

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  • Over 2500 acres of prospective coal seams

  • Above drainage coal seams within Appalachian Basin

  • Outcropping on hillside

  • Geologically simple

  • Relatively flat dipping and

  • No gas issues

  • Short term target to commence low capex, rapid mine start up using third party processing close to property

  • Highly marketable, mid-volatile hard coking coal

  • Permits already exist on property for mining[1] , plant, refuse disposal and rail loading[2]

  • Medium term target to construct process facility on site.

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  1. Under option to Premier

  2. Plant, Refuse and Rail Loadout held by third party

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  • Prices have been in steady decline since the 2011 peak

  • 5% recent price rise in Q4 benchmark pricing

  • Consensus view amongst analysts predicting price rises throughout next 2 years

  • US Coking Coal is a well established product in the international market, supplying Europe, Brazil, Indian and Asian steel mills

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Positive Fundamentals

  • Australia (high cost), Mozambique (jurisdictional challenges) and Mongolia (landlocked) face ongoing challenges to meet world supply growth

  • Seaborne coking coal prices currently competitive with domestically produced Chinese coal

  • Ongoing closure of thermal coal mines also removing related coking coal production from some mines

  • No substitutes for coking coal in steel making process (100 tonnes of steel requires >70t of coal)

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  1. Source EIA –2013 Q3 data unavailable

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  • Shale gas revolution has impacted overall coal industry to the benefit of coking coal producers:

  • Thermal coal use in power plants has been displaced by gas causing many US thermal projects to shut down or seek export opportunities

  • Creation of a surplus in mining services and contract equipment in US coal mining districts resulting in a more competitive cost environment

  • Power costs have stabilised to the benefit of US industry

  • Well established network of rail, roads and ports to facilitate domestic and international demand

  • Well trained, low cost labour force

  • Strong history of mining thin coal seams

  • Still favourable AUD exchange rate

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  1. Source EIA – no 2013 Q3 data available yet

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Fitzroy Resources (“FRY” or “Fitzroy”) holds the option to acquire:

  • Premier Coking Coal LLC (“the Premier Option”), who own the option to acquire: • Hard coking coal lease – Emmaus

  • Hard coking coal lease – Blackstone and

  • One mine permit

All projects are located in West Virginia, USA

  • Total consideration aid b Fitzro : p y y
Cash Ordinary Shares Performance Shares2
US$817,0001 30,000,000 20,000,000

Who is Premier?

  • Established in 2013 by consortium to secure coking coal assets

  • Shareholders:

  • Financiers plus seed capitalists

  • Argonaut Equity Partners

  • US coal mining experts

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  1. Additional $200,000 shareholder loan will be acquired by Fitzroy

  2. Conditions of performance shares:

  3. i. FRY share price over A$0.20 for 30 days; and

  4. ii. Either:

    • Decision to mine and attaining a production rate over 15,000 ton per month; or

    • Decision to construct a processing facility on site with a production capacity of greater than 30,000 ton per month

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Capital Structure Current Transaction Post transaction
Ordinary Shares 47,000,005 36,500,0001 83,500,005
Options (exercise price $0.30) 11,000,000 0 11,000,000
Performance Shares 0 20,000,000 20,000,000
Cash
As at 30 Sep 2013 A$1,457,000
Indicative Transaction Timetable
Transaction announcement 14 August 2013
Notice of Meeting 14 November 2013
Shareholder Meeting 16 December 2013
Proposed Completion January 2014

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  1. 36,500,000 comprises:

  2. i. 20,000,000 to Premier

  3. ii. 10,000,000 to owners of Emmaus and Blackstone iii. Up to 6,500,000 to employees and advisors

Major Shareholders (Current) % Ownership
Skye Equity 8.4%
Argonaut 7.3%
Tisia Nominees 6.4%
Major Shareholders (Pro-Forma) % Ownership
Premier majority shareholders 18.0%
Argonaut Equity Partners 12.5%
Emmaus Partners and Blackstone
Corporation
12.0%
Skye Equity 5.1%
Top 20% 74%

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Name & Position Description
Benjamin Lane
Interim Chief Executive Officer
Ben is a mining engineer with over 17 years experience in a variety of operations, planning and commercial roles within the
mining sector both in Australia and overseas
Most recently Ben was Director – Corporate Finance at Argonaut Limited, a stockbroking and corporate advisory group based in
Perth and Hong Kong. Prior to that he was Principal Mining Engineer for a large Hong Kong listed investment fund.
10 years with Rio Tinto Iron and Rio Tinto Coal in operational and strategic planning positions. He has also held operational
and business development roles in Yunnan, China and East Kalimantan, Indonesia
Mike Amick
Interim COO
Mike Amick has a mining engineering degree and a Masters in Business Administration.
Career has spanned project engineer through foreman roles on underground and surface mining operations in the Appalachian
coal fields.
Previously General Manager of Specialty Coal, LLC, a coal mining company of the thin Blue Gem seam. Seams were typically less
than 24 inches thick and Mike oversaw both surface and underground contract miners while managing the coal preparation
plant that processed the coal to specialty specifications before being shipped all over the world.
After that, Mike was the VP of Operations of a surface mining company that surface mined coals as thin as 12 inches thick for
the thermal market in Alabama. Mike then became the CEO of JSW Steel’s Prime Coal operation in West Virginia, which had
mines and permits within a few miles of the Emmaus property. Before joining with Premier, Mike, along with 3 other partners,
purchased an anthracite coal preparation plant in Pennsylvania called Black Diamond Mining.
Patrick Murphy
Land & Permit Officer
Patrick has more than 16 years experience in the mining and environmental industries in West Virginia and Pennsylvania where
he is a Registered Professional Engineer. His areas of expertise include management, mining and environmental permitting,
environmental compliance, water treatment, surface water hydrology and surface and mine design.
Patrick is a highly recognized and respected mining and environmental professional throughout the state and federal regulatory
branches.
Patrick possesses a B.S. in Civil Engineering Technology, an M.S. in Engineering – Environmental and is currently pursuing a
Masters of Business Administration (MBA).
Mike Casebolt
Planning and Survey Officer
Mike is a qualified Surveyor and has over 20 years of mine planning, surveying, exploration and permit experience within West
Virginia and Kentucky.
Mike is managing the existing exploration program and will continue to co-ordinate and manage all on-site activities for Fitzroy.

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Upon successful completion of the Premier transaction, Fitzroy will prioritise the appointment of further key positions

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  • Emmaus (~4,700 Acres) and Blackstone (~1200 Acres) are in West Virginia, and within the Central Appalachian Coal Basin, the historic heart of the coking coal fields of the United States

  • Major regional towns include Logan, Beckley and Bluefield which are all one to one and a half hours drive away

  • West Virginia is by far the largest source of US export coal, producing over 30% of all US coal exports

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West Virginia

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Coal Mining Statistics1 West Virginia USA
Mines 527 1,296
Employees 24,456 91,611
Production (ton)2 139,424,0803 1,095,628,000
- UG 91,363,501 345,606,000
- Surface 48,060,579 748,372,000
Recoverable Reserve 51,322,372,635 485,769,101,000
Major producers Major producers
- CONSOL Energy - Peabody Energy
- Alpha Natural Res - Arch Coal,
- Patriot Coal - Alpha Natural Res
- Arch Coal - Cloud Peak Energy
- Cliffs Natural Res - CONSOL Energy

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McDowell County
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Wyoming County
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McDowell County Coal Mining Statistics1 McDowell County Coal Mining Statistics1
Mines 73
Employees 1,206
Production (ton)2 4,290,665
- UG 2,469,784
- Surface 1,820,881
Recoverable Reserve 1,634,151,667
Major producers
- XMV
- Bluestone Coal
- Extra Energy
- Brooks Run Mining
Wyoming County Coal Mining Statistics1
Mines
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Employees
1,200
Production (ton)2
4,665,637
- UG
2,833,605
- Surface
1,832,032
Recoverable Reserve
2,402,549,479
Major producers
- XMV
- Bluestone Coal
- Extra Energy
- Brooks Run Mining

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  1. West Virginian Coal Association Coal Facts 2012 - http://www.wvcoal.com/coal-facts-2012.html 2. 2011 Data

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  1. Approximately 55 million tons is metallurgical

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  • Coal deposits in the eastern United States are the oldest and most extensively developed coal deposits in the country. The coal-bearing formations of the eastern United States contain two-fifths of the country’s bituminous coal deposits

  • Target seams are mostly within the Kanawha and New River formations. These formations are part of what is known as the .

  • Appalachian Basin

  • Prospective coal seams - identified to date:

  • Bens Creek

  • Lower War Eagle

  • Gilbert

  • Douglas (locally known as Red Ash)

  • Iaeger

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  • Coal on the property is characterised as mid-volatile, low sulfur bituminous

  • Strata generally dips at one percent, or less, with little to no evidence of structural deformation in the form of faulting or folding

  • The target seams are generally contiguous across the majority of the Property, with occasional localised absences

  • Seams are “above drainage”. Above drainage seams are above the level that seam gas will typically occur (often the low point of local topography)

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  • Focus of due diligence:

  • Gilbert;

  • Douglas/Red Ash ;

  • Iaeger (2 holes)

  • Future exploration will test upper seams and below drainage seams

  • Not a major focus during due diligence

  • 8 holes for approximately 1,100 meters will be drilled with samples tested at nearby labs

Current Drilling Program Hole Locations

O Historic Drill Hole Locations

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Mined Out

Outcrop

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  • Permit application submitted to highwall or auger mine Ben’s Creek Seam in NW corner of Emmaus

  • Large amount of technical and environmental work completed

  • Potential opportunity for:

  • rapid start,

  • short life,

  • low cost production

  • Third party processing potential

  • Feasibility study[1] to be completed during first half of 2014

Ben’s Creek Area

Current Drilling Program Hole Locations

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  1. With use of consultants and independent experts as required

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  • Premier holds an option to acquire Mine Permit for Blackstone Red Ash seam

  • Opportunity exists to modify permit to allow access to Emmaus

  • Due to the well understood nature of the project, Fitzroy would expect to progress straight to feasibility study[1] with successful establishment of a Coal Resource in 2014:

  • Drill Program - Blackstone

  • Mine Design

  • Examine third party processing options

  • Examine marketing and sales opportunities

Blackstone Mine Permit Location

Current Drilling Program Hole Locations

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  1. With use of consultants and independent experts as required

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Cardno geologist logging core at first hole of program

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Two core samples from first hole of due diligence program

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  • Above drainage coal seams have low gas content and are more readily accessible from the hillside

  • Fitzroy aims to study the viability of a drift mine using Room and Pillar Mining methods.

  • A relatively low capital expense for mine access and much faster access to coal and coal revenue would be anticipated

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  • An opportunity exists in the NW of Emmaus for a highwall/auger mine in the Ben’s Creek seam

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Typical small mine “face up” into hillside

  • Underground Coal in the Appalachians is mostly mined utilising thin seam extraction methods

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  • Mining to a minimum height (eg 40 inches) is typical

  • Equipment exists, such as that shown below and above, that can “clean mine” coal to seam thicknesses as low as 26 to 30 inches

  • Coal is typically conveyored to the mine entry where it is either processed on site or transported to third party processing facilities

CAT CM210 Thin seam continuous miner

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GE F330 thin seam continuous miner

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Scoping Study

Permits

Mining

Coking Coal Price Exposure

Business Development

 Identify future mining areas at Emmaus

 Study options for installation of plant and rail infrastructure

 Marketing study

 Progress acquisition of existing rail and processing permits on existing property

 Commence permit process for mine accesses at Emmaus

 Become a profitable producer of coal from multiple locations

 Construction and production from a modern, coal processing facility

 Leverage from future increases in coking coal price

 Partnerships with existing operators in area

 Opportunity to identify new assets within an economic radius of Emmaus

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  • A large capacity tailings dam and impoundment is present on the project lease of Emmaus

  • The site is still permitted by a third party, however as leaseholders we have advice that suggests we can “over bond” the area and utilise it for our own processing facility

  • Fitzroy will examine the opportunity to reprocess historically inefficiently processed coal

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  • A modest sized plant and rail siding is present on the southern boundary of Emmaus

  • Like the tailings dam, the site is still permitted by a third party, however as leaseholders we have advice that suggests we can “over bond” the area and utilise it for our own processing facility

  • A rail car yard is within 2 miles of the Emmaus rail siding

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Emmaus property with rail line adjacent

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  • Emmaus is in close proximity to an extensive network of rail.

  • Norfolk Southern is the closest operator to the property with a rail line to the immediate south of the property

  • Able to be readily sold at mine gate for both domestic and international sales

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Emmaus
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EUROPE

Ex-USA (total) 2011 – 25.7M ton 2012 – 25.0M ton

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CHINA
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KOREA

Baltimore Norfolk

ASIA

INDIA

Ex-USA (total) 2011 – 14.5M ton 2012 – 18.0M ton

Primary Ports Export Volumes – East Coast USA

Ex-Norfolk (All Coal) 2011 – 40.9M ton 2012 – 48.4M ton

Ex-Baltimore (All Coal) 2011 – 19.3M ton 2012 – 19.6M ton

Ex-Norfolk (Met Coal) 2011 – 33.5M ton 2012 – 33.5M ton

Ex-Baltimore (Met Coal)

2011 – 15.4M ton 2012 – 15.2M ton

BRAZIL

Ex-USA (total) 2011 – 6.9M ton 2012 – 6.6M ton

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Source: EIA, All destination tons are quoted ex-USA rather than east-coast USA

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Name & Position Description
Tom Henderson
Chairman
Mr Henderson has over 20 years experience in corporate finance, has expertise in the provision of advisory services to the resources and services industry
and the recapitalisation of listed vehicles.
Mr Henderson is a Chartered Accountant and the former Head of Corporate Finance at Deloitte in Perth.
He is now a director and principal of Forrest Capital Pty Ltd, a capital market advisory firm.
Will Dix
Non-Executive Director
Previously, Mr Dix spent 7 years with LionOre Mining International where he was a District Supervising Geologist in Western Australia. During his time with
LionOre Mining International, Mr Dix was part of the team that discovered the Waterloo Nickel Mine and delineated the 2 million ounce Thunderbox Gold
Project.
Mr Dix has a proven track record of successful project and team management and also has extensive experience in commercial activities including capital
raisings, mergers, acquisitions and divestments.
Mr Dix is a geologist with 16 years experience in base metal, uranium and gold exploration and mining. He holds a Bsc and Msc (Geology) from Monash
University and is a member of AusIMM. Formerly Exploration Manager for Apex Minerals NL, he led a successful exploration team that was responsible
for significantly growing gold resources at all of Apex Minerals NL’s projects.
Riccardo Vittino
Non-Executive Director
Mr Vittino has over 25 years experience in the resources sector with a focus on corporate and financial management.
He graduated from the University of Western Australian with a Bachelor of Commerce degree in 1985 and began his career in the mining industry in 1988 as
Company Secretary for Helix Resources Limited.
During his 18 year tenure at Helix, Mr Vittino was involved with various IPOs and Joint Ventures both local and International. He left Helix in 2006 as CEO to
pursue a role in South Africa as Finance Director of Central Rand Gold Ltd. He was responsible for overseeing Central Rand Gold’s listing on the Main Board
of the LSE and the JSE in 2007 and subsequent progress to pre-feasibility and commencement of trial mining.
Mr Vittino returned to Perth in 2008 to focus on personal interests. He has held numerous non-executive Director roles including Diamond Ventures NL and
Platinum Australia Limited. He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Russell Lynton-Brown
Non-Executive Director
 Mr Lynton-Brown has a background in the Stockbroking and Corporate finance sector. He has extensive experience in the provision of advice to retail,
institutional and corporate clients focusing on the natural resources sector. His expertise in capital raisings and corporate restructuring has led to his
involvement in many successful companies listed on the ASX and international markets.

Mr Lynton-Brown has held directorships with a number of ASX listed mining/exploration companies with operations in Australia, Mongolia, South
America and Indonesia. He was a director of Aspire Mining Limited (ASX:AKM) at the time AKM acquired the Ovoot Coking Coal Project in Mongolia.
Simon Robertson
Company Secretary
Mr Robertson gained a Bachelor of Business from Curtin University in Western Australia and Master of Applied Finance from Macquarie University in New
South Wales. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and the Chartered Secretaries Australia. Mr Robertson currently holds the position
of Company Secretary for a number of publically listed companies and has experience in corporate finance, accounting and administration, capital raisings
and ASX compliance and regulatory requirements.

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Date Consideration
Option 16/8/2013 $217,000 (paid)
Settlement Before 16/3/2014 20 million FRY ordinary shares3
20 million performance shares
Date Consideration
Option 16/12/2013 US $250,000
Settlement Before 16/3/2014 7.5 million FRY ordinary shares
US $250,000
Date Consideration
Option 4/11/2013 US $55,000 (paid)
Option 16/12/2013 US $50,000
Settlement Before 16/3/2014 2.5 million FRY ordinary shares
Date Consideration
Option 31/10/2013 US $1
Settlement On DEP transfer1 US $50,000
3 years from Jul ‘142 $2/t royalty to maximum $390k

Premier Coking Coal

Holds option to acquire Emmaus, Blackstone and Mine Permit

Emmaus

4,700 acre hard coking coal asset, West Virginia, USA

Blackstone

1,200 acre hard coking coal asset, West Virginia, USA

Mine Permit

West Virginian DEP Permits to mine Red Ash seam from Blackstone

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  1. Assumed time for transfer 1 to 3 months from submission of documentation

  2. Subject to 6 monthly, fully recoupable minimum royalty obligations

  3. Additional $200,000 shareholder loan will be acquired by Fitzroy

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High Quality
Hard Coking Coal
Highly marketable, mid-volatile, hard coking coal product
Lower Risk
Development
Initial project focus is above drainage, reducing initial technical issues
Blackstone (and potentially Emmaus) is permitted for underground mining.
Upon a positive feasibility study, commencement of mining can begin very quickly
Close Proximity To
Infrastructure
Project adjacent to existing rail servicing Norfolk Port
Regional Advantages Target seams accessible from hillside1
Established environment from which to draw expertise and resources
Low mining capex Comparatively very low mining capital requirements to start up are expected
Experienced
Operational Team
Experienced operational management team already on the ground
Strategic Address Strong foothold into the North American coal market, providing a launching pad to further
transactions
Favourable mining jurisdiction in a proven coal producing area
Opportunistic Timing Opportunistic period to seek a transaction amidst poor sentiment in the global coal industry
Consensus economics forecasting incremental growth in coking coal price over next 3 years
A still strong Australian dollar allows a more affordable entry price

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  1. Subject to obtaining relevant approvals, licenses and permits from regulatory agencies

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Certain statements contained in this presentation, including information as to the future financial or operating performance of Fitzroy Resources Ltd and its projects, are forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements:

  • May include, among other things, statements regarding targets, estimates and assumptions in respect of metal production and prices, operating costs and results, capital expenditures, Coal reserves and Coal resources and anticipated grades and recovery rates, and are or may be based onassumptions and estimates related to future technical, economic, market, political,social and other conditions;

  • are necessarily based upon a number of estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by Fitzroy Resources Ltd, are inherently subject to significant technical, business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties and contingencies; and

  • involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from estimated or anticipated events or results reflected in such forward-looking statements.

Fitzroy Resources Ltd disclaims any intent or obligation to update publicly any

forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or

results or otherwise.

The words “believe”, “expect”, “anticipate”, “indicate”, “contemplate”, “target”, “plan”, “intends”, “continue”, “budget”, “estimate”, “may”, “will”, “schedule” and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements.

All forward-looking statements made in this presentation are qualified by the foregoing cautionary statements. Investors are cautioned that forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and accordingly investors are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements due to the inherent uncertainty therein.

Further information can be found at www.fitzroyresources.com.au

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